This site is maintained for Midwives in Private Practice (MiPP), a collective of independent midwives in Victoria. We are committed to the essence of midwifery, being 'with woman' - each woman and her midwife preparing to welcome the child she bears, working in harmony with and protecting intuitive natural processes in birth and nurture of the newborn and the establishment of loving, resilient families.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

nhmrc and Vitamin K

Forwarding message:
I would like to inform you that the NHMRC Joint statement and recommendations for vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy (the Joint Statement) was re-issued in by NHMRC CEO in November 2010.

The Joint Statement was published in 2000 and reissued unchanged by NHMRC in 2006 following a recommendation from NHMRC Council. In 2010, a literature review on vitamin K prophylaxis to newborns was undertaken by NHMRC followed by two rounds of expert consultations. Following the literature review and expert consultations, the recommendations contained within the Joint Statement remain unchanged.

The revised Joint Statement has an accompanying brochure Vitamin K for newborn babies. Information for parents. This brochure was updated to be consistent with the revised Joint Statement. Both of these publications are available at https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/ch39syn.htm.

Also attached is a flier promoting the re-issuing of the Joint Statement and the vitamin K brochure for your distribution.

Midwives choosing to work privately, rather than being employed by hospitals, do so because it allows us to be flexible about the care we provide. We offer one-to-one primary care, which enables the woman and her midwife to establish a partnership based on trust and reciprocity.

Midwives who are interested in extending their practices to include a caseload and homebirth, whether as independent (self-employed) practitioners or as employees of a maternity service, are welcome to join in with MiPP activities. If you have a blog or website that you would like linked to this blog, or have other questions, please get in touch.

Thankyou for visiting this blog. I hope you will find it informative and useful. If you want to contact me by email, rather than leaving a message in the comments section of the blog, please do so joy@aitex.com.au.Joy Johnston